On Friday 26th February 2021 from 7pm GMT, we are delighted to be hosting David M. Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of The Carlyle Group and a legendary billionaire Private Equity Investor and Philanthropist, for a special Horizon Keynote online talk and Q&A session. World Renowned and one of the most celebrated figures in the financial, business and philanthropic worlds, he co-founded one of the world's largest, most prestigious & most successful private investment firms managing over $246 billion in AUM. Founded in 1987, Carlyle has grown to have 29 offices around the world today and was the world's largest private equity firm by capital raised over the previous five years, according to the PEI 300 index. Carlyle has invested in the likes of Dunkin' Brands, Supreme, Hertz, Accolade Wines, Booz Allen Hamilton, PA Consulting, Dex Media, Freescale Semiconductor, Getty Images, Nielsen, and many other well known industry leading companies. In this invaluable event, David will be sharing the top key lessons he has learned during the course of his career, and looking ahead to the future and discussing what to expect from Washington (including both the current Biden administration and former Trump administration) during these challenging times of great change. In addition to sharing insights from a truly remarkable career, he will also be answering your questions.

Alongside his immense contributions in the world of finance and business, David M. Rubenstein is famous for his Philanthropic work. He was among the original 40 individuals who first pledged to donate more than half of their wealth to philanthropic causes or charities as part of The Giving Pledge. He has been a leader in the area of Patriotic Philanthropy, having made transformative gifts for the restoration or repair of the Washington Monument, Monticello, Mount Vernon, Iwo Jima Memorial, the Kennedy Center, the Smithsonian, the National Archives, the National Zoo, the Library of Congress, and the National Museum of African American History and Culture. He has also provided to the U.S. government long-term loans of his rare copies of the Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Emancipation Proclamation, the 13th Amendment, the first map of the United States., and the first book printed in the U.S.

We are honoured to be hosting David, whose insights are highly sought after and respected internationally by top leaders, media organisations and companies across many industries. He holds many high profile board seats including Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations as well as Chairman of the Smithsonian Institution and Chairman of the Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts. He is on the board of the World Economic Forum and Chairman Emeritus of The Brookings Institution. He is host of The David Rubenstein Show and Leadership Live with David Rubenstein which air on Bloomberg TV; and the author of The American Story and How to Lead.

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Upcoming speakers include the Co-Founder of Netflix, Co-Founder of Oracle and CEO of Bain. We highly recommend you do not miss out on this fantastic opportunity so please join us by registering below - we will send the private link for the online event to those who register.

When: 7pm GMT, Friday 26th February 2021
Where: Online event - we will send the link to those who register below
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